The Courier 軍情諜報 (2020) (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version)
Product Title: The Courier (2020) (DVD) (Hong Kong Version)
Artist Name(s): Zeljko Ivanek (Actor) | Anton Lesser (Actor) | Miles Richardson (Actor) | Angus Wright (Actor) | Laurel Lefkow (Actor) | Ninidze Merab (Actor) | Rachel Brosnahan (Actor) | Benedict Cumberbatch (Actor) | James Schofield (Actor) | Kirill Pirogov (Actor) | Jessie Buckley (Actor)
Director: Dominic Cooke
Release Date: 2021-08-27
Language: English
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese
Place of Origin: United States, United Kingdom
Picture Format: NTSC What is it?
Sound Information: Dolby Digital 5.1
Disc Format(s): DVD, DVD-5
Region Code: 3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan) What is it?
Rating: IIA
Duration: 112 (mins)
Publisher: CN Entertainment Ltd.
Package Weight: 120 (g)
The Courier tells the "true story of the British businessman who helped MI6 penetrate the Soviet nuclear programme during the Cold War. Wynne and his Soviet source, Oleg Penkovsky (codenamed Ironbark), provided crucial intelligence that ended the Cuban Missile Crisis."[4]
Wynne is approached by a spy from MI6 and a spy from the CIA and asked to pose as a business partner of Oleg Penkovsky in order to gain intelligence relating to Soviet missiles being transported to Cuba. In the end, both Wynne and Penkovsky are caught and Penkovsky admits betraying his country while insisting Wynne as a courier knows nothing of the intelligence passed on, which supports Wynne's claim of no wrongdoings. Wynne makes sure Penkovsky knows his sacrifice is worth it. Penkovsky is executed and buried in an unmarked grave. Wynne is eventually released in a prisoner exchange for a Russian spy Konon Molody.
